Sixth grade students and teachers at Liberty Park Middle School recently participated in its annual Greek Day festivities. To prepare for this day, the language arts classes read the book “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan. They also created iMovies based on their favorite Greek god or goddess. In math classes, the students learned about surface area then recreated Greek temples such as Athena, Athena Nike and the Parthenon using cardboard, paper towel rolls and paint.
On the day of the event, all teachers and students dressed as Greek gods and goddesses and the students presented their iMovies and temple creations to their parents.
In the afternoon, the students learned more about Greek culture by participating in different activities led by volunteer parents. The activities included sampling food, learning vocabulary, discussing architecture, viewing a slideshow, making an evil eye pendant and participating in Olympic style games.
